What is the purpose of the battery in the bell box?
What is the purpose of the battery in the bell box?
Okay, the question in the title will be extremely obvious to many, and I understand that it's to provide a 'back up in the event of a power cut'.
However, in the event of a power cut, does the bell box siren and strobe not run from the 12v backup battery connected inside the panel in the house?
Long story short I have just about finished renovating a house that had an old Texecom Veritas R8 alarm which was fitted in 1996.
I have had to move the panel from a wardrobe to the attic, move the...
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What is the purpose of the battery in the bell box?
Okay, the question in the title will be extremely obvious to many, and I understand that it's to provide a 'back up in the event of a power cut'.
However, in the event of a power cut, does the bell box siren and strobe not run from the 12v backup battery connected inside the panel in the house?
Long story short I have just about finished renovating a house that had an old Texecom Veritas R8 alarm which was fitted in 1996.
I have had to move the panel from a wardrobe to the attic, move the...
Read more
by Gigagator
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum